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i even use the web to get paid. with acceptpay from american express open, we now invoice advertisers and receive payments digitally. and i get paid on average three weeks faster. booming is never looking for a check in the mail. because it's already in my email. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. i'm holly morris. and on this tuesday morning we're going to be talking about auto repair. we're at a garage this morning in sterling, virginia. a garage that's been open for about five months or so. and guess who the mechanic is? it's you. and this is called do it yourself mechanics. here they will rent you the lift, the tools, they even have some parts you can buy and you fix your own car. this morning we are going to talk to the owners and find out why they thought something like this was really needed, where they got the inspiration for the idea and most importantly, we're going to talk about exactly how much money you can really save if you do this. and if you are sitting there thinking, but what if i don't really
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stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. n >>> we take a look at the washington monument this morning. off it i pretty nice start once again. we've had a nice run of nice days this week. tucker said yesterday this is one of those week that we should embrace. >> that is absolutely right. today is the day of transition where we will have more clouds around. we think by the end of today, late, late, late tonight, we'll get some rain showers moving through. and it will be a warm one. i think warm, more muggy than it's been the last couple of days. that sets us up for another nice couple of days. >> nothing to complain about. >> it looks like we'll get a little bit of rain. let's start with yesterday's high temperatures. we made it again up into the 80s above normal. 86degrees at reagan national airport. 86 at dulles international. bwi marshall made it up to 84 degrees. right now, 68 degrees. it is a warmer start to the morning than we had yesterday morning at this time. 61 at gaithersburg.
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stay with us. words alone aren't enough. my job is to listen to the needs and frustrations of the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel or restaurant workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. bp has taken full responsibility for the clean up in the gulf and that includes keeping you informed. our job is to listen and find ways to help. that means working with communities. restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and independently-run claims fund to cover lost income until people impacted can get back to work. and our efforts aren't coming at tax-payer expense. i know people are wondering-- now that the well is capped, is bp gonna meet its commitments? i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. >>> a vehicle repair shop in sterling, virginia, now open and it allows you to work on your own car. >> holly is there with her pretty powder blue vet to learn more about d
stay with us. words alone aren't enough. my job is to listen to the needs and frustrations of the shrimpers and fishermen, hotel or restaurant workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. bp has taken full responsibility for the clean up in the gulf and that includes keeping you informed. our job is to listen and find ways to help. that means working with communities. restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims...
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august isn't what it used to be in terms of a back to school month for retailers. it is spread out now. a lot of schools start earlier in the south so retails from the end of june, begunking of july through september is back to school. it is spread out a little bit. it is still a huge month. we get best buy earnings today as well. so it is important to see if people are spending on high end items like big korean tvs as well. >> as you mentioned a minute ago, the recession, there has been a lot of concern abouts a double dip recession but the oracle of omaha has spoken and apparently some people say we should be listening to what he has to say. >> when warren buffett speaks, people do tend to listen. he has medicine a little bit of money in the marketplace and knows which way the wind is blowing. he didn't see a double dip recession. he spoke at an economic conference yesterday and said look, we've hired more people in the last couple of months. our businesses, and he owns a lot of businesses an he has a lot of money in a lot of different companies, says things are
august isn't what it used to be in terms of a back to school month for retailers. it is spread out now. a lot of schools start earlier in the south so retails from the end of june, begunking of july through september is back to school. it is spread out a little bit. it is still a huge month. we get best buy earnings today as well. so it is important to see if people are spending on high end items like big korean tvs as well. >> as you mentioned a minute ago, the recession, there has been...
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we could use a little help and dr. phil gets to the bottom of it. >> i do love the straight talk and some of the car acters with the tough veneers, he breaks it down. >> if you're on the right side. >> tough love sometimes. >> and the show airs at 11:00 and 3:00 and the dr. and housewives should appear. coming up on 9:00. that will do it for me this morning. but we have another hour to go. tony will jump in and join allison to take us up through 10:00. >>> and coming up, a topic that many of is have talked about recently. the safety of the eggs that we eat. but there are other things we need to know about, including the best way to store eggs and the date past which we can eat them. we'll have that and more coming up on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. ouce >>> welcome back. coming up in the 9:00 hour of fox 5 morning news today, we are working on a story about, in 12 hours we could know who is the next mayor of the capital. we're live. and plus a big election in prince george's county. >>> a tough topic to discuss bu
we could use a little help and dr. phil gets to the bottom of it. >> i do love the straight talk and some of the car acters with the tough veneers, he breaks it down. >> if you're on the right side. >> tough love sometimes. >> and the show airs at 11:00 and 3:00 and the dr. and housewives should appear. coming up on 9:00. that will do it for me this morning. but we have another hour to go. tony will jump in and join allison to take us up through 10:00. >>> and...
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stay with us. - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results from home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digitally connected to each other. and ultimately connected to you. at kaiser permanente, we believe that if knowledge is power, shared knowledge is even more powerful. kaiser permanente. thrive. four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. shared knowledge is even more powerful. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do. >>> the diabete
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of us. and we promised to stop being so petty. >> reporter: it all started at a lunch counter in wichita, kansas, in 1958 when walters took a seat before sit-ins caught the headlines protesting segregation. walters went on to be a teacher, author and advisor to politicians. his former students like congressman elijah cummings have gone on to greatness. >> thank you for seeing in us what we could not see in ourselves. and thank you, thank you so much for making us realize that we could be better. >> we're so sad that you left us so soon. but we thank you for leaving us so much. [ applause ] reporter: at howard university, roby chavez, fox 5 news. >> dr. walters spent 25 years at howard before becoming director of the african- american leadership institute at the university of maryland and he was to return to howard this fall. >>> questions continue to linger about the death of a man in frederick, maryland. police were called to a home on south market street three times to break up a fight bet
of us. and we promised to stop being so petty. >> reporter: it all started at a lunch counter in wichita, kansas, in 1958 when walters took a seat before sit-ins caught the headlines protesting segregation. walters went on to be a teacher, author and advisor to politicians. his former students like congressman elijah cummings have gone on to greatness. >> thank you for seeing in us what we could not see in ourselves. and thank you, thank you so much for making us realize that we...
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they can only use 1,000 out of the 4,000 in the building. if that's the case, that would alleviate some of what we know will be a hor endous impact on everyone's commute. >> if you fail, could you do something else? you couldn't drive on the h.o.v. lanes? >> i'll tell you, leave the people working in roslyn, crystal city, alexandria, they are working in office buildings that are accessible to metro. 91% of these people have access to public transit right now and we're going to take them out of those office buildings and put them in one that doesn't have security and that's stupid. >> reporter: and the reason the brac commission said no, they want d.o.d. workersn with fortifications so i dommer can't drive up and explode it. there is no h.o.v. exit to shirley road. you can at least get that? >> that's what we're suggesting. if we had access to h.o.v. this bus would have gotten here 20 minutes earlier. but we need a ramp h.o.v. into the site and the local doesn't have the problem and the federal government should pay to it and that will help a
they can only use 1,000 out of the 4,000 in the building. if that's the case, that would alleviate some of what we know will be a hor endous impact on everyone's commute. >> if you fail, could you do something else? you couldn't drive on the h.o.v. lanes? >> i'll tell you, leave the people working in roslyn, crystal city, alexandria, they are working in office buildings that are accessible to metro. 91% of these people have access to public transit right now and we're going to take...
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this one kind of caught us off balance. it had been rumored if a long time. >> reporter: airline expert darryl jenkins says southwest went after airtran because of its presence in airports that are nearly impossible to acquire new gates. reagan national, new york's la guardia and boston's logan airports to name a few. plus, now, southwest can go head to head with delta in atlanta where airtran has its hub. >> so sth's a huge deal for them. not only do you have that but you have it going to the caribbean. they are getting 10 years worth of grow out of this merger. >> reporter: louella rhodes is on her way back from atlanta. he she flies airtran often. >> i'm praying that the service will continue to be great, our flights will object time and most of all, we get very reasonable rates and air fares. >> reporter: so what about tick the prices? will they go down because southwest is at reagan? general kick says don't bet on it. remember, airtran is already a low cost airline. >> smart move on the part of southwest and i think yo
this one kind of caught us off balance. it had been rumored if a long time. >> reporter: airline expert darryl jenkins says southwest went after airtran because of its presence in airports that are nearly impossible to acquire new gates. reagan national, new york's la guardia and boston's logan airports to name a few. plus, now, southwest can go head to head with delta in atlanta where airtran has its hub. >> so sth's a huge deal for them. not only do you have that but you have it...
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this gives us a break. a lot of republicans are angry about delaware because they were on the cusp of getting the ten seats. karl rove said now i'm looking at 7 or 8 seats and i'm not sure we can do it with the delaware problem and nevada. >> but that's conventional wisdom and that's wrong. >> maybe we'll do all right. >> jim, work on the a comeback for the bar scene. that was a good one. >> okay. >> thanks. >>> and the big story in the district is council chair vincent gray's win over mayor fenty in the democratic primary. we'll have reaction from the man who is all but assured to become d.c.'s next mayor. stay with us. n america needs clean energy, and america needs jobs. wind power can deliver on both - but only if the senate encourages investment by passing a strong renewable electricity standard. with a strong res, we can keep 85,000 wind power workers on the job, and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, too. jobs that america could really use right now. for american jobs, tell your senators to pa
this gives us a break. a lot of republicans are angry about delaware because they were on the cusp of getting the ten seats. karl rove said now i'm looking at 7 or 8 seats and i'm not sure we can do it with the delaware problem and nevada. >> but that's conventional wisdom and that's wrong. >> maybe we'll do all right. >> jim, work on the a comeback for the bar scene. that was a good one. >> okay. >> thanks. >>> and the big story in the district is council...
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stay with us. n >>> a great greek celebration going on this weekend at saint constantine and hell edge greek orthodox church here in northwest washington. >> holly is there as they get ready to host their 50th annual festival. that's a great milestone. >> reporter: and i think i've been here for at least 47 of them, and i'm only 39. but listen, there is a reason why we come back and preview this festival each and every year. it has wonderful food, it has wonderful music, but most of all it has wonderful people that put on this festival. and it is with a great pleasure that i introduce you to georgia franks. georgia, how young are you? >> 39. >> reporter: we're the same age. i have to get your night cream. you look good for 39. >> i think so. >> reporter: okay. she's 90 plus. that's just between you and me. >> that wasn't fair. >> reporter: and i hear you were at the first festival. >> probably. >> reporter: do you remember the first festival? >> well i do. that was my
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stay with us. >>> it may only be september, but octoberfest kicking off the 200th birthday this year. >> and we're so glad they are. today holly morris is in fredericksberg, virginia where they are getting ready to host a celebration tomorrow night and saturday. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and this is the 8th year they've done it here if fredericksberg. it's one of the biggest celebrations in the area and we've come back to the people who host it. and it's the blew and gray -- blue and gray brewing company and we met up with our chef, fritz. >> reporter: and we are in the new retreat, which is a new addition. >> it is. nine weeks. a year of location from our old location to this location here. >> reporter: so and it's fair to say the food will be better than ever this year. >> we like to be a step above everybody else when it comes to pub cuisine. so you like to get some this afternoon -- or this morning. >> reporter: i know it feels like afternoon. we only have a co
stay with us. >>> it may only be september, but octoberfest kicking off the 200th birthday this year. >> and we're so glad they are. today holly morris is in fredericksberg, virginia where they are getting ready to host a celebration tomorrow night and saturday. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and this is the 8th year they've done it here if fredericksberg. it's one of the biggest celebrations in the area and we've come back to the people who...
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julie will be with us soon. stay with us. oweanyo well, i love a deal on a designer bag as much as the next girl! love! i love love love! as a buyer for t.j.maxx, i'm always on the hunt. i check out the shows. i see what's happening on the street. and i work deals directly with the designers. so when i score... you score. gimme a fashionista... i'll make her a maxxinista. t.j.maxx. check us out on facebook for a chance to win a 500 dollar shopping spree! >>> welcome back on this friday as we take a live look over the washington monument if can you see it there through the fog that seems to be moving in. of course, we'll be warming up hopefully burning all of that off later on. >> that will certainly happen. i will tell you tucker and i are actually surprised that no fog advisories have been issued as of this point because it is very thick in places. so you can see all the live shots we've shown you out there. you want to be aware of that this morning. >> a lot of the moisture may stick around in the air though. >> till with b
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they flat out whipped us. we got to come out there, get prepared, look at this film and see what went wrong and check ourselves and get ready for the next week. >> what happened? did the skin take the rams too lightly oregon the rams better than a lot of people thought? some of questions we'll answer when dave ross joins us for monday morning quarterback. >> we have much more still ahead on fox 5 morning news. >>> the pastor at the center of a sex scandal is talking bubblely about it now. >> i have never in my life portrayed myself as a perfect man. but i am in the the man that is being portrayed on the television. >> it is, however, what bishop long did not say that has some people very concerned. we are checking more headlines coming up next on fox 5 morning news. ♪ ♪ i like your messy hair ♪ i like the clothes you wear ♪ i like the way you sing ♪ and when you dance with me ♪ you always make me smile ♪ don't know why i love you [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can rela
they flat out whipped us. we got to come out there, get prepared, look at this film and see what went wrong and check ourselves and get ready for the next week. >> what happened? did the skin take the rams too lightly oregon the rams better than a lot of people thought? some of questions we'll answer when dave ross joins us for monday morning quarterback. >> we have much more still ahead on fox 5 morning news. >>> the pastor at the center of a sex scandal is talking...
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i know not all of us got the rain showers. some of us got some pretty good thunderstorms. there is your satellite-radar. fairly quiet. we got the system out to the west. that will come in in the form of a cold front late overnight friday into saturday morning. that will start to cool us down as we get into the weekend. the good news is this particular heat wave not going to last forever. the next couple of days, we are going to be experiencing temperatures well above average with plenty of sunshine. forecast high today 91 degrees. lots of sunshine, hot, humid this affect. humid, late september, humid, winds out of the north and west at about five miles per hour. later tonight, partly loud can i skies and certainly warm. 71 your overnight low with winds shifting out of the south at about five miles per hour. here is your five-day forecast. good chance to see record heat around here tomorrow. 94 forecast high. the cold front cools us down on saturday, 85. we'll be cool by sunday and monday with high temperatures only in the mid-70s. lots of clouds and an increasing chance fo
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i even use the web to get paid. with acceptpay from american express open, we now invoice advertisers and receive payments digitally. and i get paid on average three weeks faster. booming is never looking for a check in the mail. because it's already in my email. >>> it has been absolutely gorgeous today. it is worth peeking at these weather maps tonight. >> pat, would you like to exchange places with me? >> no, you're doing just fine down there. >> i wouldn't let you because this is a thrill. i hate to say it. but it is really great to be here. >> we want to congratulate our colleague and our friend, sue palka, on her 25th anniversary right here at fox 5. it was exactly 5 years ago last night that she debuted on the air. we asked her to talk about some of her favorite moments. >> i would say i have always enjoyed the big snow events. >> okay. >> i'm sure it is much more than that. >> well, she got it. she got it this year with that big snow. >> i have to tell you, i think she looks better now than she has ever look
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tonydowns us once again. should be pretty nice. >> just want to mention in terms of igor and bermuda. although the eye of the storm did not pass over bermuda, still, bermuda got quite an impact from igor and we don't want to minimalize that. wind blowing up to 93 miles per hour on that island. so problems there. we'll show you igor in just a moment. we'll show you the local satellite-radar. it can be seen in some of our satellite-radars for the mid atlantic and the northeastern united states. for us here this morning, a few clouds coming through here and there but for the most part, clear skies. we are going to see mostly sunny skies for the day today. nothing in the way of precipitation even know a cold frontal boundary came through not too long ago. it produced no rain nor were we expecting it to. current temperatures, 70 degrees in washington. 66 at patuxent naval air station. # 7 at dulles airport. 67 in baltimore. your bus stop forecast for this morning, temperatures primarily in the mid-60s to about 70
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kevin mccarthy joins us with more on that. we'll be right back of -- we'll be right back. s,rc >>> we have the battle of the untea feeted heavy weight whose defeated the playoff team taal las cow business again the houston texans. i think it is the set-up for a nice game on sunday. >> you got to like the underdog role. they have some weapons, this houston texan team. they have a guy, andre johnson being heard of him in. >> yes. >> you should have heard of him because he might be the very best wide receiver in all of the nfl. he is big. he is strong, he is physical. he make defensive backs have nightmares in their sleep. last week, realtively calm because that foster kid we talked about went nuts. ' a beast. he is an animal. he is not a guy can you cover with a little corner. you better get some help there. i think deangelo hall will be looking for safety help from laron landry to come over and get this kid. >> would thought the houston texans would be the fantasy football darlings? >> we have to talk about some other guys to t
kevin mccarthy joins us with more on that. we'll be right back of -- we'll be right back. s,rc >>> we have the battle of the untea feeted heavy weight whose defeated the playoff team taal las cow business again the houston texans. i think it is the set-up for a nice game on sunday. >> you got to like the underdog role. they have some weapons, this houston texan team. they have a guy, andre johnson being heard of him in. >> yes. >> you should have heard of him because...
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stay with us. get any phone free only at verizon when you buy the hot new samsung fascinate with its super amoled screen. get a free samsung intensity, a free blackberry bold or any other phone in our lineup. don't miss out. offer ends soon. buy a samsung fascinate and any other phone is free. only at verizon. i'm ahmed mady and i'm a homebuilder. my father brought me up to give back to society... felicia jackson promised her late sister that she would take care of her children. but she needed help. i used my american express open card to get half a million points to buy building materials to help build the jackson family a new home. well, i know if my dad was still around, he would have told me, with no doubt... he would have told me it's a no brainer and i knew that from the start. it was an honor. booming is moving forward by giving back. >>> making headlines now, atrain crash in india kills at least 10 people but rescue crews are still pulling out survivors and the death toll could climb. there
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